Red
Bricco di Nizza
By Vinory, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Nizza from the Bricco di Nizza cru in Nizza Monferrato, aged about 24 months in steel and barriques.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red with clear purple reflections. Rich, powerful nose of dark ripe cherry and plum, ending on tobacco, chocolate and vanilla. Full-bodied Barbera with medium to high acidity, rounded tannins and lush, juicy fruit.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco di Nizza
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; about 4,500 plants per hectare
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation lasts 7-10 days in horizontal steel tanks with steady rotation to extract colour; malolactic fermentation also in steel. Ageing of about 24 months, split between steel and barriques.
- Storage
- Can be enjoyed now and is also excellent for storage for at least 10-15 years.
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